DEFINITION OF

LAW
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De Guzman, Abegail Eunice
Estrevencion, Joyce

that is used to
govern a society and to
control the behaviour of its
members. judicial opinions.
. generally
found in constitutions.
and the like.
legislation.WHAT IS
LAW?
It is possible to describe law
as the body of official rules
and regulations. so Law is a formal
mechanism of social control.

. MAINSTREAM
DEFINITIONS OF
LAW
Numerous definitions of law have been put forward over the
centuries.

recognized.
ordinance. resolution."
.MAINSTREAM DEFINITIONS
■ The Third New ■ "Law is a binding custom or practice
International of a community; a rule or mode of
conduct or action that is prescribed
Dictionary from or formally recognized as binding by
MerriamWebster a supreme controlling authority or is
defines law as: made obligatory by a sanction (as
an edict. statute. or enforced by the
controlling authority.
judicial decision. order. or usage) made. rescript. rule. decree.

At the same
Scribner's in 1973
time. and
published by complex mode of regulating
human conduct.MAINSTREAM DEFINITIONS
■ The Dictionary of the ■ "A legal system is the most
History of Ideas explicit."
. for social
and moral rules of a less
institutionalized kind are also of
great importance. institutionalized. it plays only one part in
defined the concept the congeries of rules which
of law accordingly as: influence behavior.

MAINSTREAM DEFINITIONS
■Definition of law
Glanville Williams ■ "Law is the cement of
“Learning the society and also an essential
law” medium of change.
Knowledge of law increases
one’s understanding of
public affairs.”
.

ENGINEERING LAW
.

ENGINEERING LAW
■ Engineering law (or law
in engineering) is the
empirical study of the
application of laws and
legal strategy in
engineering.
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